Welcome to the Counter-IED Report website, a one-stop source of information and news for Counter-IED professionals. The Counter-IED Report is the leading international subscription-based publication covering the latest developments in the fight against the IED threat. The purpose of the Counter-IED Report is to identify technological advances, as well as strategies and tactics to counter threat networks, reduce IED production and placement, assist in post-conflict humanitarian demining, and capacity-building efforts worldwide. We are committed to providing up-to-date, first-hand expertise and facilitating information sharing among stakeholders, academia and industry. The magazine is published in print, e-book and PDF formats and distributed worldwide. The distribution is tailored to the highly engaged audience of Counter-IED, EOD, CBRNe, Defence, Law Enforcement, Humanitarian Demining and Security professionals and senior decision makers in government, public and private sectors. Additional hard copies of the Report are also distributed at the defence and security events through our Media Partnership Program.
Latest News
- Greece: Man detained in psychiatric hospital after threatening to detonate improvised explosive device
December 20, 2024
A Greek-British man has been detained in a psychiatric hospital after threatening to detonate an improvised explosive device outside a Thessaloniki courthouse. The 41 year old had been arrested after he ...
- U.S. Central Command Forces Kill ISIS Leader During Precision Strike in Syria
December 20, 2024
On Dec. 19, U.S. Central Command Forces conducted a precision airstrike targeting ISIS leader Abu Yusif aka Mahmud in the Dayr az Zawr Province, Syria resulting in two ISIS operatives ...
- ADF Specialised facility counters IED threats
December 20, 2024
Gallipoli Barracks was recently the scene for an inspection of one of the ADFs new level two counter-IED weapons technical intelligence (L2 WTI) laboratories being delivered by Project Land 154-2 ...
- Germany: Vehicle plows into crowded Christmas market in Magdeburg, killing 2 and injuring dozens
December 20, 2024
At least two people were killed, and more than 60 were injured when a car plowed through a crowded Christmas market in eastern Germany on Friday. The suspected driver, identified as ...
- US drops bounty for Syria’s new leader after Damascus meeting
December 20, 2024
Washington is scrapping a long-standing reward for the arrest of Syria’s new leader, a senior U.S. diplomat said Friday, following “positive messages” from a first meeting that included a promise ...
- Cambodia: CMAC to clear UXOs in three rivers next year
December 20, 2024
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) is setting out to clear unexploded ordnances (UXO) in approximately 500 hectares across three river locations next year. Director General Heng Ratana said yesterday ...
- Virginia college student arrested by FBI for plotting terrorist attack on Israeli Consulate
December 20, 2024
A Virginia college student was arrested by the FBI this week for allegedly plotting a terrorist attack on the Israeli Consulate in New York City. Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, an ...
- Azerbaijani serviceman receives injury due to mine explosion
December 20, 2024
“On December 20, at around 12:00, Azerbaijan Army serviceman, Salmanov Ziyad Ilgar was injured stepping on an anti-personnel mine while performing service and combat tasks in the direction of the ...
- Mexico: 2 more soldiers killed by an improvised landmine, after 2 died earlier this week
December 19, 2024
Two more members of Mexico’s armed forces have been killed by an improvised landmine, just days after two soldiers died in a similar blast, officials confirmed Thursday. The blasts, both in ...
- California declared an emergency over bird flu
December 19, 2024
California officials have declared a state of emergency over the spread of bird flu, which is tearing through dairy cows in that state and causing sporadic illnesses in people in ...
- Iraq: Over 500 mines and explosives removed in Duhok
December 18, 2024
On Wednesday, the General Directorate for Mine Affairs in Duhok province announced the removal and detonation of over 500 landmines. The Directorate’s Media Official, Reger Besfki, told Shafaq News that a ...
- Montreal synagogue firebombed in suspected hate crime
December 18, 2024
Firefighting teams responded to the scene at 3 a.m. to extinguish the flames. The synagogue’s window and door were shattered in the blaze. Witnesses reported seeing at least one individual near ...

